Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-16
THE JUBILEE CAKE.
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Every county in England, and innumer-
able towns, are noted for some particular
cake. One Of the most noted is the Ban
bury, which ought, however, to come I'M
der the head OF pastry. 1t is made OF
paste, cut in clear oval shape, and the
centre filled with mincemeat. They are
really very much like the famous god
cakes OF Coventry, which all the people Of
that ancient town devOur on New Years
Day, only the Coventry cakes are cut in
sharp triangles. At Caldeeolt, Great East
on and Uppingham, fat little plum cakes
are made, aud are greatly in vogue on
Valentines Day, when they take the
place of the less appetizing lace paper
and tiowery sentiments per post. Cheese
cakes are one OF the most popular CONNECTIONS
known, and older than the country itself.
Cato. the philosopher, invented them, 50 |
am told by Richmond literateur, and
living in Richmond he must be taken a.
authentic, for that beautiful place was, and
is celebrated for its cheese cakes. Or as they
are commonly called there, maids OF
honor" This because n very fascinating
maid of honor made some which George III.
pronounced 50 melting luscious" that he
gave her a thousand pounds, s., OOO) for the
recipe, fact that was made famous by the
rhymsters of the time in strains something
like this:
81 For, 10. he gave for one small recipe,
And sure he must be deemed splendid donor,
4 sum that we'll might Solace you aud me,
one thousand pounds, to make maui 81
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George III was so passiOnately addicted
to maids of honor" that he had them put
on his table ut every meal. Cheese cakes
are very delicious, if home made or bought
at a good cOnieCtiOner's, but those at the
railway stations are q mere carlcature.
Half-MOOn street used TO have n tavern IA
nous for these goodies, and man who
cried them on horseback. HalrMOon
street is Off Piccadilly, you know, and that
famous thoroughfare was actually named
after the picadilla, 3 favorite cake In the
days OF old.
There must be something especially tick
lesOme to the Royal palate in this psrticu-
lar dish, Tor the Prince OF Wales has
weakness for it, and a noblewoman whose
guest he has been more than once told me
that she had seen him eat five at lunch.
The Princess Victoria has learned to make
them herself for her iather, and on his
birthday puts truly dainty dish, fresh
from the oven, before him. One cannot
help wondering how cheese cakes ever
came by their name, for there isn't par
ticle of cheese in them.
In Pepy's time, the great resort of fash
ion was the Cake House at Hyde Park.
In this letter there is copy of it made
from an old print in the Grace collection.
Howard, the dramatist, thought the most
cutting thing he could say of young pre-
tender to good society, Nay, 'tisno Lon
don female, she's a thing that never saw
a cheese cake, or ate a syllabub at the
Lodge in HYDE Park,
Sponge cake is the basis for q variety Of
sweet dishes in England, and it is the one
cake, besides plum, TO be found in every
town and hamlet in the country. Wet
with sherry, spread with jam and q rich
custard poured over the whole of 1t, it
comes out a. tipsy pudding Stuck over
with split almonds and ratafas, wet with
spirits, and diluted with cream custard, 1t
becomes bachelors pudding, and 81 on dd
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